A Review on Parental Divorce Effect on Adjustment Levels, Emotional Regulation and Depression in Children

Divorce is among the most hated social phenomena and a very traumatic event especially for children. Divorce upsets the balance of people and leaves negative effects in the society and leads to a decrease in social cohesion and integration. The present study was conducted with the aim of reviewing the effect of parental divorce on the adjustment levels, emotional regulation and depression in children. The main results revealed that, Divorce does have a significant effect on emotional adjustment. Parental conflict (from both the children and parents' perspective), perceived gap in conflict intensity between marriage and divorce (from the parents’ perspective) and high self-blame were negatively associated with the children's evaluations of their quality of life, whereas active coping was positively associated with it. The psycho-education programme developed based on structured play therapy was effective in increasing divorce adjustment levels of ۹-۱۲ year olds children whose parents divorced and reduced their depression levels. Counseling with cognitive-behavioral approach has a positive effect on children of divorce reducing depression. (P<۰.۰۱).